Michael Russell caught up with Beast chef Naomi Pomeroy this week after her big James Beard Award win. The chef talked about the win, the afterparty and, most importantly, about balancing a career with motherhood.

The Oregonian’s editorial board weighed in Wednesday on Portland Police Bureau’s arresting a 9-year-old girl in New Columbia last year.

Crews responded last night to a two-alarm apartment fire in the 2600 block of North Lombard Street. The fire was reported at about 9:50 p.m.

Woodlawn neighbors met last night to talk about three proposals for an off-leash dog park inside Woodlawn Park. A work group has met for three months to develop the options. Community members shared their preferences last night. But Peter Silverman of the group WOOF reports the Woodlawn Neighborhood Association still declined to support one of the proposals.

Jamie Hale has all the information you’d ever want to know about Saturday’s St. Johns Bizarre. He reports organizers will be “pouring beer from North Portland's Occidental Brewing Company and bringing together an impressive lineup of live music – including Portland soul legend Ural Thomas and St. Johns rapper Illmaculate.”

And Monique Balas has a roundup of pet-related events you can attend, a few of which are in Northeast Portland.